Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-09
no TRACES OF FOGARTY.
Mr.. EDWARD j. KIEFFER HIS
VICTIM DOING WELL

Pistol Purchased tn = Congress Stree
store-sr. Richard FOEArty Arrested
zs an Accessory and Released Under
Bond
Mr.. I'd ward J. Eiszer, whom Tom
tegarty tried to sssassinals on Monday,
vas doing quite as well yesterday as his
PHYSICIANS could expect. He slept three
aours after midnight aud rested quietly.
No one was aliowe1 70 molsst him, and
he was cautioned not % tax. TIE bullet
which entered his neck behind TIE Jeff ear
Is stiii i20edded in bis face on the rigat
side Of his nose. Little danger is appFs-
hsEded HON tie other three w0un1s-.n
his left arm azd right and len hips. Upon
examining his coat 1t was found that
every bullet lad struck Il. On Monday
II was thought taas Fogarty's last thot
had missed its intended ain. IL turas
out, though, that TIE 1fta ball
struck Mr.. Kie1-r's Goa. On the
left side, AID without teaching
lis body came cut a few inches below
where II entered. Il had not even passed
Through the lining Of the coat. Wnen u
was fred FogaTty must have been stand
Ing almost ever his victim. Had 10 eI-
tered tie body Il would have bean likely
10 have made serious wound, as 1t
would have sirucz W. kie1Her il the side.
HUNTING FOB A CLUE.
No clues were o0ta!sed dGEiRZ the day
o. FSg2Tiy's Whereabouts Ine police
Kept a lookout ali = oaGzy night. and some
yards aud houses were searched. but no
trace rof tie wouid-bs murderer was
found TIE suta0sigies were r. A loss
where 70 turn TO get clu=. - muca
time was lost Immediately at,er me
y boOting thai FogaTty has q splendid cp-
~-3sortuuIty 70 get away, aud re disappear
81 as quickly ara completely as taOugh
TIE eaTta lad opened ard swallowed hiIa.
Yesterday afternoon MT. Richard 70
.g4Try, Toms Ealh@r, was arrested OF .
WARRANT sworn cut by NJ. 4. 2. RG.sIg
sEOl before MAGISTRATE T. SrirZ Russell.
The warrant charged The father With be-
ing al accessory 10 the assault WITH IN
tent 20 murder. This was Dzssa upon
threat which il IS said t5e elder Fogarty
made 10 MF. hi~1fsr as they were leaving
the Mayors Court Monday morning, aud
wsica WAS about an The following words:
will get even with you jet before
night
RELEASED or BOND.
Mr.. Fogsrty gave bond in the sum Of
$3.50, with Capt. Henry Blum az his sure
-. ard was released. Friends Of -
wounded man think that the shooting
an 41GaAEu " NJ EBAHEEEs g4k His
friends assert that taey do 10: believe be
even imagined ais son contemplated XIII
lug tne druggist.
Among those who saw the shooting was
q gang % street lao0Ters. There were
two Others also Of whom no mention was
made Monday afternoon, probably be-
cause they slipped awsE 50 quickly and
kept out OF sight Trey were Jimmie
MADDEN aud " alter Fam, eaums q
FOgsrty's. sHd Of about his age. They
were witnesses for Tom in the Mayors
Court, and were with him from the time
he paid his fne until they met Mr..
tKieffsr. Jimmie Madden looked con-
isidsrabiy surprised yesterday afternoon
wien he was approached aud was CUES
fionsd a5eut the affair. z was standing
at the corner Of Purse ana Sims streets.
commonly known IN that section as L8bs'
corner, when be was found. he did not
hesitate 70 snswer the questions. DUt some
Of the replies we're evasiye. and left tie
impression that while Jimmie was ready
10 talk there were some thugs he knew
which ne considered prudent % Keep Sc
cret-
WHAT A CHCM SAW.
From tie barracks we went down on
Congress street." he stated, and Tom
and the other boy went into Wonanka's.
between Barnard and Jefferson. ! stayed
outside, and / don't know whether fom
eP a pistol In there or not. From there
we went around on Brougbi0n street
Tom said be wanted some lUHc1, and he
asked US to 20 IL George SchwarZ's sa-
doom with MIN. told him / did not want
any. and | waited On the sidewalk until
lie came out. Tasn we all went up Bar
T7rc street % President. and went down
it 70 " est Broad, auc then out West
BrOsi. When We got up 70 Mrs. Roley's.
90 TIE corner Of West Broad and stewart
streets. WAS t1o Or three steps ahead OF
ft5e ether two boys. Wien we got % tie
corner, / said 70 them. bows, Pm going
Some live Oh sims street, and lad %
turn OF there. TbEy lived iE another d.
1ectsOEs and Thought they we're going OF.
just as / said ] vas going b3me [ heard
& shot. and l turned around and saw Tom
with a pistol IN his hand. / ran around
tue corner and tried TO get in little shop
there, but couldn't. 30 l ran On down
home"
BUYING TIE PISTOL.
Gajden says that from the time they Iefs
tn Mayors Court until tney GOT to Stew
art street nothing was said about kiefer.
10 threats were made 81 FOgarty, and
Jimmie states that he did not even know
Tom mad pistol. De said also thar Re
uid not know whether EogariF had much
1noney or not. HIS statement in refer
.ence 10 Fogariy entering Wohanka's gun
GRATED BY the proprietor himself, who
stated last night that ne rsmeu bered
seeing TWO young men come into bis
store Monday forenoon. he took both TO
be OF age. One Of them bought a Smith
- WessOn 32-cglibre revolver, double ac-
SioS. paying $40 20 ior il. The purchaser
had red nair. Er. Wohanka did not see
whether the young man had any more
money or nOt,as be made the even change.
fhrowing down two IS gold pieces and
three silver quarters. The purchaser
was undoubtedly EocarfY. and his con-
7anion must have been Ham, as Madden,
according to bis own statement, remained
90 the outside.
Rum NOT RESPONSIBLE THIS TINE.
A waiter in Schwsrz's saloon throws
some doubt on Aadden's statement about
his waiting outside, but that is not ma
ferial. The waller says that three young
men went into the saloon about lunch
time on Monday. Two got beer aud one
soda. The waiter is positive that Fogar,y
was the one who called for the soda water.
The waiter recognized Fogarty as a
young man who had been coming into the
- Tor about week. Wnen Fogarty
D4eBr the drinks ne took out quite roll